Project Summary We designed a stunning, three-story house which included highly insulated walls and a geothermal system controlled online. The house was a passive solar design where the windows, walls and floors were designed to collect, store, reflect and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject the solar heat […]
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High-Performance Earth-Sheltered Home Inspired by Kingston, NY’s Rondout Historic District
Project Summary Designed to blend with the natural surroundings and topography of the site, this earth-sheltered home was constructed using insulated concrete form walls and precast concrete roof panels. Almost the entire roof is covered with soil and is a planted landscape. The design aesthetic is reflective of the architecture of Kingston’s Rondout Historic District. […]
New Paltz Community 9/11 Memorial, New Paltz, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary The New Paltz Community September 11th Memorial began as a memorial Tree of Remembrance, donated by Carmine Liberta and Butch Dener, and planted at New Paltz Fire Station 2, on the first anniversary in 2002. It was intended to serve as a local memorial to the lives lost on that day. Upon hearing that the […]
Monticello Community Clinic, Monticello, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary We designed a new medical office building in Monticello, NY for the Veteran’s Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System. This location was designed to be an intensive and general outpatient hospital with a focus on mental health disorders and substance abuse. We worked closely with the owner and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ […]
New Paltz Karate and Offices – Project Summary
Project Summary Once home to Alfandre Architecture, we designed a space for New Paltz Karate. Located adjacent to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and near Historic Huguenot Street, our design goal was to compliment and improve the surrounding area, while also creating an efficient karate studio and office building. The stucco, stone and timber façade […]
Marianist Brothers Founder’s Hollow, Accord, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary Nestled in the peaceful quiet of the Hudson Valley, Alfandre Architecture designed a new dormitory for the Marianist Brothers Founder’s Hollow Retreat House. Renovations were comprised of extending the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room and new decks on the second floor. The new addition included 12 dormitory bedrooms, a new chapel, toilet rooms, shower […]